Tag: opensuse

Related Packages and Files Sometimes you want to know the related package of a file, before installation, or when it is already there. This is of great help during system hardening or general system cleanups. In this article we have a look at several ways to determine the relationships between files and the package they belong to. We have gathered this information for multiple Linux distributions. CentOS, Fedora, RHEL Show files for RPM packages rpm -qlp /path/to/file.rpm Show files for packages on […]

Audit (Open)SuSE with zypper: vulnerable packages Proper software management is an important part in keeping your system secured. Acting on time is important, especially when network services have discovered security vulnerabilities. Vulnerable packages Usually packages with known security vulnerabilities, get priority and updates are soon available. The risk in installing these packages is fairly low, as they don’t introduce new features. Instead, they fix the related security hole, which sometimes is nothing more than 1 single character! Check your system […]

Linux and UNIX security automation

Lynis is a free and open source security scanner. It helps with testing the defenses of your Linux, macOS, and Unix systems. Typical use-cases for this software include system hardening, vulnerability scanning, and checking compliance with security standards (PCI-DSS, ISO27001, etc).